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1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 2015
It is the stunning true story of journalist Nellie Bly's now-legendary undercover stint in a mental hospital in 1887. This dramatic biopic follows a 23-year-old Bly, a fledgling and preternaturally talented news writer looking to expose rampant abuse, corruption, murder and gross mistreatment of patients at the insane asylum in a mental hospital known as Blackwell's Island. To gain access to the asylum, however, Bly must first convince the requisite authorities that she is insane
Wide screen (1.78:1)
Cinematographer, Aaron Anderson, Micah Zarlow ; editor, Avril Beuks, score composer, Jamie Hall
Caroline Barry, Christopher Lambert, Kelly Lebrock
MPAA rating: R; for some disturbing content
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English dialogue; English subtitles